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Toolbox of LogicSmart Resources
for Mentors, Coaches & Trainers

Following are ten SmartStrategies™ from my Multiple Intelligence Toolbox. I've included these to give you some instant ways to incorporate LogicSmart into the mentoring, coaching, and training you provide.

The basic process for doing this is . . .

1. Name the content or information you want to teach. Get very clear on the specific concepts, ideas, processes, skills, etc. that you want to get across in your mentoring, coaching, or training session.

2. Write down the learning objective(s) you have for the mentoring, coaching, or training session. What do you want your participants to be crystal clear on at the end of the mentoring, coaching, or training session?

3. Look over the SmartStrategies™ below and select a couple of strategies you believe can help participants understand what you're teaching more fully in an LogicSmart way. Basically you'll be asking them to in some way create "visual representations" of the content you're teaching.

4. Outline your teaching plan, incorporating the SmartStrategies™ you've chosen into your mentoring, coaching, or training. You'll likely be teaching something you've taught before, but this time in a new way – accessing your and your participants LogicSmart.

[NOTE: The descriptions I've provided of the various tools are merely to help you get started working with this intelligence in your mentoring, coaching, or training. Feel free to redefine any of the tools I've provided and to add additional strategies to the toolbox!]


SmartStrategies™ Toolbox


Abstract symbols/formulas—design meaningful summary notation systems for different processes or knowledge content

Outlining—invent point-by-point logical explanations for different items

Graphic/cognitive organizers—work with logical thought maps such as webs, venn diagrams, or classification matrices

Number sequences/patterns—investigate numerical facts or statistics on a topic

Calculation—use specified steps, operations, formulas, and equations to solve a problem

Deciphering codes—communicate using various kinds of symbolic language

Forcing relationships—put non-congruent ideas together and create a meaningful connections

Syllogisms—make closed logical “if. . .then. . .” logical deductions about a topic

Problem-solving—list appropriate procedures for different problem-solving situations

Logic/pattern games—create puzzles which challenge finding a hidden rationale or pattern

Inductive reasoning–think about a topic from its parts to the whole

Deductive reasoning–think about a topic from the whole to its parts

Scientific method–objective and empirical analysis of information

Predicting–forecast outcomes or trends based on current information and data

Timelines–sequence events over a period of time


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